Installation

One of the largest challneges to reviving Indigenous Languages is making them more relevant. This means being able to use Ktunaxa, Salish, Cree, Warlpiri, Maori and many other languages usable in text messages, word processing documents, and social networking platforms.

You've taken the first step by downloading your Indigenous Language Font or International Phonetic Alphabet Keyboards﻿... n﻿ow you have to "enable" them.

The instructions below will help you to get the custom keyboards working on your mobile devices. ﻿

Apple iOS Devices (iPhones, iPods, and iPads running iOS8 and newer)

Go to your home screen and select "Settings". (Indicated by the red arrow below)

In the Settings menu select "General". (Indicated by the red arrow below)﻿

From the General menu select "Keyboard". (Indicated by the red arrow below)﻿

From the Keyboard menu select "Keyboards". (Indicated by the red arrow below)﻿

From the Keyboards menu select "Add New Keyboard". (Indicated by the red arrow below)﻿

From the Add New Keyboard menu select the Keyboard you want to use. In this example we are installing the SalishFont.

Now select the Keyboards you want to use. If you are using a language with multiple keyboards, then select the keyboards you want to use. For example, the Navajo Font is composed of 2 standard and 2 phonetic keyboards. If you only want to type in the phonetic characters then only install the phonetic options. In the example below both keyboards are being enabled.

Make sure you select "Done".

Return to the home screen and open any application that supports a text field. The example below shows the Spotlight screen. To access the additional keyboards PRESS AND HOLD the "Globe" icon. (Indicated by the red arrow below)﻿﻿ Selecting this icon will also return you to the standard English keyboard.

When you PRESS AND HOLD the globe icon you will see a list of additional keyboards to chose from.

Your new keyboard should appear on this list.

If you do not see your new keyboard return to the "Enable" sliders﻿ and make sure you select "Done".

If your keyboard does not load instantly you may need to wait for several seconds. If the keyboard still does not load, you may need to disable the English keyboard.

It may be useful to disable other keyboards you do not want to use. You can even disable the English and Emoji keyboards. This may be useful if you are using an Indigenous Language Font with many keyboards, such as the Cree Syllabic keyboards and you want to reduce the number of keyboards you have to scroll through.